Some really helpful thoughts

I follow the blog of a friend from college who is quite a remarkable mom. They homeschool 9 children and she seems to do with grace! Some of my favorite posts of hers are called "Not Me Mondays." Each Monday she recaps events from the past week that are somewhat surprising, and she words them like, "I did not let my son eat earthworms" or "We would never allow..." It's really entertaining and encouraging to see someone being so transparent and admitting to things that others would never admit to. Here's a part of her post this morning that was a really good reminder to me and gave me some things to meditate on:

• If I believed, really believed, that God is in control then I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow, I would be content to wait on His timing.
• If I really believed that He loved me, I would not ask “why me?”.
• If I believed that He rewards obedience and punishes disobedience, I wouldn’t be tempted to take things into my own hands, I would be content to be obedient and faithful and allow Him to deal with others as He sees fit.
• If I believed that he was all powerful, I wouldn’t be tempted to fight for His honor and glory through means that He has not ordained.
• If I believed that He was all that I needed, I wouldn’t ask for more.
  

I'm especially convicted by the first one and the last one!

(Marsel...you would love her blog...it's full of great ideas for homeschoolers and unique ways to implement schooling into every day life!)